147.03
Term of office - oath - removal for violating oath.

Each notary public, except an attorney admitted to the practice
of law in this state by the Ohio supreme court, shall hold office for the term
of five years unless the commission is revoked. An attorney admitted to the
practice of law in this state by the Ohio supreme court shall hold office as a
notary public as long as the attorney is a resident of this state or has the
attorney's principal place of business or primary practice in this state, the
attorney is in good standing before the Ohio supreme court, and the commission
is not revoked. Before entering upon the duties of office, a notary public
shall take and subscribe an oath to be endorsed on the notary public's
commission.

A notary public who violates the oath of office required by
this section shall be removed from office by the court of common pleas of the
county in which the notary public resides, upon complaint filed and
substantiated in the court, and the court, upon removing a notary public from
office, shall certify the removal to the secretary of state. The person so
removed shall be ineligible for reappointment to the office of notary public.